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Albany Beats Stony Brook, Repeats as America East Champion

from press release

BOSTON - UAlbany's Mel Rorie, with her
three-goal performance, was named America East Conference
Championship MVP in the win over Stony Brook, 9-7, on Saturday, May
5 at Nickerson Field. The Great Danes have now won the last two
America East Championships and will wait on Sunday, May 6 at 9 pm
to find out who they will play in the NCAA Tournament.

Stony Brook, in the second half, came back with a resurgence to tie
the game up 7-7 with 4:59 remaining. The Seawolves were led by a
5-2 run with Demmianne Cook's two points (1 goal, 1 assist) and
capped by Claire Petersen's second goal of the game.

The Great Danes would take possession for the final four minutes of
the game, as Maureen Keggins scored the game-winning goal at the
3:52 mark from a perfect pass by teammate Amanda Pollock. Pollock
would then finish off with 11 seconds an open-net goal to give
UAlbany its second NCAA apperance in as many years.

UAlbany goalkeeper Anna Berman (11-5) arguably played her best game
between the pipes this season, shutting down the number one offense
in the conference (14.38 goals per game) with five saves on 12
chances. Stony Brook goalkeeper Hannah Perruccio (6-4) also tallied
five saves on 13 chances.

UAlbany (12-5) began the first half as it did in the America East
Semifinals, 2-1, with 19:04 remaining. The first goal was setup up
with Jess Antelmi receiving a pass from Amanda Pollock. Then Nicole
Eamer from the back of the net made a perfect pass to a cutting
Ariana Parker for the Great Danes second goal.

In between UAlbany's two goals, Stony Brook (14-5) made a bang-bang
play with America East Player of the Year Claire Petersen making a
great pass to teammate Demmianne Cook for her first goal of the
postseason.

The Great Danes then went on a 3-0 goal stretch to extend its lead
to four, 5-1, with 11 seconds remaining in the first half. Mel
Rorie tallied two of the Danes three goals and teammate Amanda
Pollock added two points in the mix, one goal and one assist.

Right before the half, the Seawolves Petersen went the entire half
of the field of the draw to score in eight seconds to cut the
deficit to three, 5-2, before the half ended. The Great Danes would
lead the Seawolves in both shots, 11-6, and in ground balls,
8-4.